Community Corner

WMATA Considers Adding 16th Street Bus Line

The new route would likely extend only as north as Columbia Heights in Washington, DC.

A new bus route running along the south end of the busy 16th Street corridor may be the key for easing congestion on existing lines. BeyondDC reports that Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA) officials met with bus riders in Washington, DC, to discuss a new S line that would go only as far north as Columbia Heights.

Currently, 16th Street is serviced by four S line buses, three of which terminate at the Silver Spring Metro station to the north. BeyondDC speculates that, according to Metro's naming convention, the new line would be called S3. It would service Columbia Heights to downtown.

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Last Monday community members met with WMATA bus planners, and devised a potential solution: add a new route to the S-series that only goes as far north as Columbia Heights.

That makes a ton of sense. It would be a natural counterbalance to the S9, which provides a great service for riders making long trips, but is essentially useless for close-in riders. This new route would provide a correspondingly great service for close-in trips.

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